Separation and sorting of micron-sized particles has great importance in diagnostics,
chemical and biological analyses, food and chemical processing and environmental …

Since their invention in 1986 by Arthur Ashkin and colleagues, optical tweezers have
become an essential tool in several fields of physics, spectroscopy, biology …

Strong focusing on diffraction-limited spots is essential for many photonic applications and is
particularly relevant for optical trapping; however, all currently used approaches fail to …

Optical forces can be used to manipulate biological and colloidal material in a non-contact
manner. This forms the foundation of a wealth of exciting science, particularly in the fields of …

Optical tweezers use the forces exerted by a strongly focused beam of light to trap and move
objects ranging in size from tens of nanometres to tens of micrometres. Since their …

Microfabricated integrated circuits revolutionized computation by vastly reducing the space,
labor, and time required for calculations. Microfluidic systems hold similar promise for the …

Recent advances in the study of tumor-derived microvesicles reveal new insights into the
cellular basis of disease progression and the potential to translate this knowledge into …

In this work we report on a simple inertial microfluidic device that achieves continuous multi-
particle separation using the principle of Dean-coupled inertial migration in spiral …

Optical tweezers (OT) have emerged as an essential tool for manipulating single biological
cells and performing sophisticated biophysical/biomechanical characterizations. Distinct …

The progress in microfabrication and lab-on-a-chip technologies has been a major area of
development for new approaches to bioanalytics and integrated concepts for cell biology …